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The Virtual Gnome Museum

(Sponsored by the Open Gnome Database Project)

For Garden Gnome Lovers Everywhere

Welcome to the world's first virtual Garden Gnome Museum.

History of German and Bohemian Garden Gnomes

The modern German Garden Gnome ("der Gartenzwerg") was first produced in Graefenroda, Thuringia, in the late 1800s. Philipp Griebel and August Heissner manufactured the first clay garden gnomes here around 1872-80. More coming soon...

A Great Gaggle of Garden Gnomes



Favorite Garden Gnome Links

Graefenroda - Birth Place of the Garden Gnome

Philipp Griebel GmbH - Gartenzwerge

The Gnome Reserve & Wild Flower Garden

Internationale Vereinigung zum Schutz der Gartenzwerge

Heissner -Schönes für den Garten

Geschichte des Ramsbecker Bergbaus - Von Zwergen und Wichten

VACCANCES DU NAIN


Today's Mystery Gnome

Who am I? Where did I come from?
Has anyone got a match?